The United States of America has been arguably the most important
and influential nation to ever exist on Planet Earth. Other empires
have come and gone on the world's stage. But the USA has affected
more human beings than any other empire in history.

Think about how the world would be different today if Washington had
behaved itself over the last two centuries. Let's consider how
different the world would be if not for America's mischief. And make
no mistake. The American people are responsible for Washington and
equally culpable for the world's present condition. Why? Because, on
balance, Americans allowed their politicians to be dishonest and
rewarded them with re-election.

The most foundational principle in all human action is honesty.
Every human goes through his day deciding over and over whether to
be honest or dishonest... to tell the truth or commit fraud. And
honesty resides in word and in deed. Unfortunately, it seems that
humans in governments make a conscious effort to defraud on nearly
every level of human interaction. That's certainly a generalization,
but it's hard to defend Washington's systemic dishonesty.

I was standing in my kitchen Sunday, cooking up some bratwurst prior
to the Falcons/49ers game. The theme of this article has been
percolating through my gray matter for some days now. As I stood
flippin' the brats, the lyrics of the Brian Wilson song "Wouldn't
It Be Nice?" dropped into my brain. Brian Wilson is a musical
genius who was a part of the legendary rock group "The Beach Boys."
Wilson has written some of the most iconic and popular songs of the
last half of the 20th Century. Sure, this is a love song about
wanting to be happily married. But let's look at how it applies to
the desire of a growing throng to live in a place where they can be
happily free and not a slave of the state.

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
Wouldn't it be nice?

In my seldom-humble opinion, all of the interactions between
Washington and the rest of the world... including the American
citizens... are based in a commitment to systematic
dishonesty and fraud. Washington's every move is inextricably linked
to a failed economic philosophy and the commitment to debasement of
American money. And a monetary policy
that promotes dishonesty, theft and plunder affects every other
facet of how Washington operates around the world. Stated another
way, Washington's every motive and every action
MUST support its deliberate methods of dishonesty, theft and plunder
of the American populace and all other nations. Any other action
would discredit and undermine Washington's
commitment to dishonesty and plunder. It's a tightly wrapped world
view package in which all of the parts support the basic theme.

Consider with me a few ways that Washington DC has ruined the world.

EconomicsWashington naturally and wholly adopted the economic theories of
Lord John Maynard Keynes, the British economist who convinced
Winston Churchill to abandon the gold standard for
Great Britain in 1925. Keynesian economics promotes unchecked
government spending, a powerful central bank, currencies not backed
by specie, and government control of wages,
prices, supply and demand. The British Pound Sterling was the
world's reserve currency for most of the 18th and 19th Centuries,
and the first part of the 20th. But by the end of
WWII, Great Britain was functionally broke, as they had been
printing currency to pay for social programs and war. The USA
emerged from WWII as the world's new reserve currency
with gold-backed money. But DC worked feverishly to abandon honesty
and fidelity in government as they embraced Keynesian economics.
Consequently, American foreign policy worked
hand-in-glove with a monetary policy that supported its goals of
dishonesty and plunder.

Monetary Policy: When push comes to shove, most everything is
about money. It doesn't really matter if it's dollars, yuan, rubles,
yen, lira, euros, rupees, or pesos.
There is only one choice that can be made here between: (a) honest
money, or (b) counterfeit money.

The world's reserve currency is still the dollar. Since the days of
Alexander Hamilton, power-hungry men have fought for a central bank.
And a central bank only exists for
facilitating the expansion of government power. Central banks help
dilute the value of money by issuing counterfeit currencies and
facilitating fractional reserve banking,
another method of counterfeiting. Washington decoupled its currency
from the gold/silver-backed dollar system decades ago. When the
dollar became the world's reserve currency
after World War II, it was still backed by precious metals under the
Bretton Woods System. European countries and Japan deliberately
devalued their currencies against the dollar
in order to boost exports and development. Nixon finally finished
decoupling the dollar from gold in 1971. So, instead of nations
being able so settle debts with gold, they only
receive paper money. And legal tender laws made the paper dollar
money, rather than specie (coins) or bullion. As the dollar was
inflated by Washington monetary policy, the value
of the dollar shrank.

The International Monetary Fund, headquartered about three blocks
from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, has been the global
loan shark for the Washington mob. IMF loans have always had American
strings attached, and IMF loans to nations around the world have
resulted in regime changes, coups d'état, assassinations,
wars and national insolvencies. (To learn more, read
Confessions
of an Economic Hit Man

In essence and in fact, Washington has defrauded the entire world by
flooding the world with counterfeit dollars. And Washington has
taught the nations of the world how to expand their governments
through debasement of their currencies. The end result is that there
is not one nation of the world whose currency is 100% convertible to
specie or bullion... at least to my knowledge. Do you know of one?
But this means that when the dollar collapses, all the other nations
of the world will be affected in direct proportion to how their nation
is tied to the dollar.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
The happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending...
Wouldn't it be nice?

Foreign PolicyAmerican foreign policy is summed up in one word... plunder. It's all
about stealing from the rest of the nations of the globe.

Military and WarThe American military-industrial complex, led by the Pentagon,
creates markets for war materiel worldwide. That means inflated
currencies and IMF loans so those nations will have
the money to buy those products of death and destruction. DC
regularly sells weapons to both sides of a conflict, like Israel and
Saudi Arabia. There would not be military bases
scattered in over 130 nations around the world if it weren't for
America's imperialism and insatiable desire for world domination
through plunder, not ethical leadership.

IntelligenceAmerica's "intelligence" community has become wildly corrupt over
the decades, committing every crime imaginable under the guise of
"national security." It is widely acknowledged that certain spy
organizations have funded their misdeeds through drug trafficking.
They have helped install and then overthrow dictators and governments,
committed assassinations and started wars... so munitions will be
used and the nations will need more. The American intelligence community
regularly plays nations against one another. Without a commitment to
fundamental dishonesty, this would be impossible.

Drug PolicyWashington's War on Drugs is hopelessly corrupt, with government
officials at every level on the take. They fight drugs with the left
hand and take bribes with the right. Washington knows that Prohibition
was a miserable failure in the early 20th Century, but it was not
Washington that stopped Prohibition. Repeal of the 18th Amendment
ended the "War on Booze." This time, Washington is using the same
playbook as in Prohibition, just not relying on a Constitutional
Amendment. And counterfeit money pays for it all.

I could go on with more examples, but I think I have made my point.

If Washington would have chosen honesty and integrity in government,
it would have had to choose real money, which is gold and silver.
Paper currencies would have been issued by the banks where the
precious metals were stored. There would be no central bank. There
would be no fractional reserve banking practices. It would have been
impossible for Washington to debase the currency. Any currency issued
by the US Treasury would have been competing with banks, and any
debasement would be instantly recognizable. The market would have
shunned any debased currency.

Washington would never have been able to tax and spend wildly and
profligately, but would have been forced to live within its means.
There would be no off-budget items. Generally-accepted accounting
principles would have applied to Washington budgets.

With Washington's example of sound money, nations around the world
would have been forced to live within their means, since the world's
reserve currency would have prevented inflation, not caused it.

Washington's example of foreign policy would have respected the
sovereignty of other nations, sought trade with friends, and peace
with all.

Washington's example of honesty in matters of intelligence and
national security would have meant that America could have been
trusted globally.

With Washington's example of a military that defended America's
borders and nothing further, the nations of the world would have
learned to settle their disputes without war. But even if wars
erupted, they would have been small skirmishes instead of World Wars.

With Washington's example of protecting individual liberty, drug
wars would not exist.

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray... it might come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do...
We could be married and then we'd be happy,
Wouldn't it be nice?

Secession of an American state holds all the hope for individual
liberty and property rights... all the potential for a second chance
for what might have been. Is it possible that a
newly minted nation, rescuing itself from the absolute corruption of
the American Empire, could turn what might have been into WHAT IS?

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it...
Wouldn't it be nice?

Russell D. Longcore is an insurance claims consultant based in
Marietta, Georgia. He is the author of the hot-selling book,
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